The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-12
Fourth OF July Games.
The attendance at the fourteen games played
BASEBALL Notes.

McKinnon, of the Pittsburgs, is i'll and threat
ened with typhoid fever.
Out of $50 games played by the International
League over 40 have been won by one run.
Lowell has sent on. twenty-five professional
players, all of whom are on the diamond this
season.
The Bostons are thinking of taking Gardner
from the Boston Blues and playing him at sec
oEd base.
The game between the Crawfordville and
Frankfort clubs. yesterday, resulted Crawfords-
vile, 5; Frankfort i.
The Indianapolis club has not yet consented
to Kreies going to the Athletic club. That is
where the hitch is now.
l. was reported. on good authority, that the
WiIkesbarre club has bought the franchise Of
the Utica club and will join the International
League Friday next
The Reading pa club was yesterday sold by
George Snyder. the hacker OF the organization,
to syndicate of Reading saloon keepers The
consideration was 5000.
President Reeder, of the Allentown Club,
claims TO have an offer OF $1,000 for Beatin's re-
lease. Ae Gays he has half dozen offers rang
ing from $1,000 upward. Among the highest
bidders is the Clevelands.
Allison. the old-timer, who thought he could
still catch in the old style and changed his mind
after single experiment. in Baltimore several
years ago. has lost his Government position and
now wants to enter the profession again.
j. B. Munyan who was to have been pur-
chased from the Bridgeport, Conn, club by
Cl6VelanQ,
about advance money and during it Cleveland
concluded that it didn't want him, and he will
not come at all.
The descriptive report of yesterdays game at
Philadelphia attributes Indianapolis loss err
by Shomberg and Glasscock. The score,
however, shows that errors charged to
either of these men. If they responsible
for the loss 1t must be for some cause which
does not affect their record.
AS far as can be learned from inquiries among
the American Association clubs, President
Wheeler Wikoff is in danger of being. sup
planted by Joe Pritchard. OF St. Louis who is
making personal and epistolary effort for the
Office. The following clubs are certain TO sup
port Wikoff: Brooklyn, Louisville, Matropoli-
tans, Cleveland and Baltimore. The position Of
the Athletics is not known. and Cincinnati and
St Louis favor Pritchard.
The project of organizing South Atlantic
Interstate League, started In Savannah, has
nearly crystallized, and il is more than probable
that this will bs all the ball that will be seen in
the South next season. The idea Is to employ
professional batteries only, tho remainder of
the team to consist OF amateurs 1t is doubt
full il the project will succeed, however. Hav-
ing had the opportunity of seeing professional
ball. it is not probable that the public will be
satisfied with the amateur article.
Bridgeport News: One of two things must
happen in baseball The number of clubs must
largely diminish or players -nust be content
with smaller salaries. One result will bring
about the other in time II managers find they
cannot run teams proftably and pay present
prices for players, they will give up the attempt
except in few of the larger cities. This in turn
will lessen the demand for PLAYERS and the
smaller demand will make competition less sharp
and bring salaries down where they should be.
In one of the New York games there were
fully 5000 people squatted on the ground in the
out-fed. A Chicago player having driven the
ball into the crowd in left field one of the spec
tators hid the ball in his pocket and O'Rourke
searched for it in vain. 1t had been agreed that
there should be no limit to bases run on a ball in
the crowd, and so the batter and a man on Sec
ond came home: but when O'Rourke informad
the umpire that the ball had been hidden the
runners were ordered back to third and second
respectively. and the rascal who hid the ball was
arrested and taken off the grounds by two DO.
licemen. The two runners Tailed. however as
Arson came to bat and put safe liner between
left and center fields